Tension device.



E. BELCHBR.

TENSION DEVICE. APPLIOATION I ILED SEPT. 20,1907.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

Wihmooao .rod mounted tierein and e UNKTEQ EUGENE LB TLL GHER, 0F OLTYPEJQN'Y, YiIiLLNDESYIIVANIA.

T 0 c-Zt whom it may concern:

Be it liIlOVIl that l, license Barnum, 2i, citizen of the United States lyphent, in the county of Lac! State of Pennsylvsnie, have invented it new and useful Tension Device; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be it i ll, clear, and exact description of the inv ntion, surli as will enable others skilled in t srt to which it it pertains to maize and use the slime.

T his invention pertains to it new and useful tension device, adopted for use in. conne tionwith check. reins of harness, whoreb resilient yielding or sprain notion rovi-:lod ct 0 to counteract the e. horse's head, and ti town in its widest latitude has for an object to prev-rid e a. device of this type, by the use oi which tlu breaking of the overcheck rein, or tl'ie leeersting of the horses mouth, in ess. the horse should stumble, is obviated.

The invention aims c ii provided, a, device as heroic comprising an 0 en ended er ebject to described, ton end ou coiled about said rod and adapted to coast oetween the said piston, end perlrntnent closure for the shell. There being two closures for the open ends of the said shell, and which are permanently fixed thereto. The said rod 0 erstes through an aperture in one oi the c osures, While the other ole-sure is provided with a swiveled element, which is fastened a leather loop adopted to be taste ed to the saddle of a harness. This swiveled element is constructed in such Wise to allow the said loop to be removed when the same has become worn or broken, for the placement of a new loop.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, the device is shown as having a pair of pistons and rods, coacting sgsinst the to sion of the spring dis osed between the niotons.

This invention comprises further objects and combinations of elements which will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed out by the upoended claims.

0 obtain a full and correct understanding of the details of construction, coinbinsrtirms of features, elements andedvmitugre, refer-- ence is to be had to the hereinafter set forth description and the accompanying drawings in connection therewith, wherein- Fig- 1 is e i erspective View of the device,

Patent-ed March 2, 1909.

the some as applied to a harness. a 21 enlarged perspcetive View showwe improved :levi detached. .Fig'i'3 is itudincl sectional View through Fig. 2. -iis at lo gituclinoi sectional view, showing s pair of pistons and rods.

lJlliil reference characters are used to indicate similar features throughout the several ill us tre ous.

I d to the drawings, 1 designates an r n. shell, theends of which ere closed .nt closures 2 and as shown in rusposod within the said shell is a piston 4., osrried by it piston rod 5, adapted to more through an aperture 6 of the closure 3, and is provided with 9. loop 7, to which is connected. the lower end oi the overcheck rein 5; of a harness as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and The said closures are fastened pen meincntly to the shell by any suitable means, preferably by brazing or soldering, that is, after the piston, rod and the spring 9 are positioned within said shell, as will be clearly nmnifcst. The spring 9 operates between the piston 1 and the elosure 3 as shown in Fig. 3 of the airewines.

Swi'velerl to the closure 2, as at 10 is an element 11, comprising a. fixed member 12, and :1. move-bio member 13, each of which is provided with a hollow threaded lateral extension ill, which when said extensions are in engagement pivot is formed, for the lest loop 15 as clearly shown in Fig. To hold the said members 12 and 13 and 3 brain rods ll), adapted to cooperate with the s prim;- 25), which is disposed between said pistons. V sold pr ms are held wltbui the shell '3 its shown clearly in I. I 1 iiUi'l/Elll 11"., e er loop is sccczuol 1. 9; the entire tension ..te., sud the esseuii'l features,

elements it the operation or the device, together with the simplicity thereof will be clearly apparent.

liming time fully described the invention,

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What is claimed as new and useful by the protection of Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising a tubular casing having applied to its ends fixed caps or closures, a piston arranged within said casing and having fixed thereto its rod member extending out through one of its end closures or caps for the attachment of the checlirein thereto, a loop-member for engagement with the Water-hook or terret and a clasp having swiveled connection with the other of said caps or closures, said clasp receiving the inner end-portion of said loop and itself formed of a fixed member and a movable member pivoted to the aforesaid mem- 15 her, said clasp members having opposed meeting tubular extensions forming a pivot, and a screw-member insertible Within, and engaging said tubular extensions for securing said loop-member Within said clasp.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EUGENE BELCHER.

Witnesses STEPHEN REAP,

J AMES MUQKRELL. 

